The realist novel
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The realist novel
(Approaching literature)
Routledge in association with The Open University, 1995
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-272) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780415135719
Description
This book guides the student through the fundamentals of this enduring literary form. By using carefully selected novels and discussing a wide range of authors including Emily Dickinson and John Kincaid, the authors provide a lively examination of the particular themes and modes of realist novels of the period. This is the only book currently available to provide such a wide range of primary and secondary material and is the prefect resource for a literature degree.
Table of Contents
Preface. Part One. 1. The genre approach Dennis Walder 2. Reading Pride and Prejudice Dennis Walder and Pam Morris 3. Reading Frankenstein Richard Allen 4. The novel and society Dennis Walder, Stephen Regan, Pam Morris and Richard Allen 5. Reading Great Expectations Dennis Walder 6. Reading Fathers and Sons Dennis Walder, Glyn Turton and Pam Morris 7. Can realist novels survive? Richard Allen and Dennis Walder Part Two. Realism and romance Arnold Kettle Realism and the novel form Ian Watt Jane Austen and the war of ideas Marilyn Butler The English novel Raymond Williams The realistic imagination George Levine On Great Expectations Dorothy Van Ghent Culture and imperialism Edward Said The reality effect Roland Barthes Towards a methodology for the study of the novel Mikhail Bakhtin Bibliography. Acknowledgements. Index.
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: pbk ISBN 9780415135726
Description
This book guides the student through the fundamentals of this enduring literary form. By using carefully selected novels and discussing a wide range of authors including Emily Dickinson and John Kincaid, the authors provide a lively examination of the particular themes and modes of realist novels of the period. This is the only book currently available to provide such a wide range of primary and secondary material and is the prefect resource for a literature degree.
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